Cook, Harold, Rifleman, Y/1661, 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle CorpsDisembarked for service 20th December 1914Previously served with 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle CorpsBorn Melbourne, DerbyEnlisted DerbyResidence Long EatonKilled in action 24th August 1916 aged 22
Commemorated on the Thiepval memorial, France, Pier and Face 13A and 13B
The Medal Roll records Harold as killed in action on 24th September 1916
1911 Census
An assistant wholesale tobacco merchant
Son of William Frederick, a wholesale tobacco merchant, and Emma Cook, an assistant wholesale tobacco merchant, of Russell Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire

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